Title: Get eternal life
Text: Matthew 19:16~30
Purpose: Christians get their eternal life by following Jesus fully.
Content: A rich man/ Being the faithful/ Blessing from Jesus
A rich man
Jesus was famous. Every one want to see him because they can get the answer what they really struggle. One person came to Jesus to solve his own problem. He was not happy. He feels that he does not have eternal life at all even though he has a lot of possessions.
He asked Jesus that what kind of activity would help him to gain eternal life. By his own word, he was the one who obey God’s commandment. Then, why he thought he did not have eternal life. Because he was not able to believe that he has eternal life.
Let me say this. The rich man’s problem is the same with ours. The rich man was a so called ‘sincere Jew’. However, he did not feel that he himself was not connected to God. That is because he was not. Even though he said he obeyed God, he never did.
The scripture said, 22Jesus told him, ”If you want to be perfect, go and sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” 23But when the young man heard this, he went sadly away because he had many possessions.
If you were in this situation, what would you do? We are not sure because we love our possessions so much. Are we? Then we will find ourselves not so faithful.
Being the faithful
There are so many poor people in the world. Every famous place for crowd there are homeless people. There are many happenings of murdering and kidnapping on the news papers or TV. The world is not so good place even if there are some Christians who are demanding to be good.
What Jesus answered to the question what we must do to have eternal life is that we must obey God’s will. What is God’s will?
Do not murder.
Do not commit adultery.
Do not steal.
Do not testify falsely.
Honor your father and mother.
Love your neighbor as yourself.
That is, Give all of yours to anyone when Jesus want you to.
Only thing we care about is Jesus, nothing else.
Blessing from Jesus
Jesus promised to his twelve disciples to sit throne of Judgment. They gave up their family and their possessions for Jesus. Because of that they would not forgotten. Moreover, Jesus told that those who like us, trying to following Jesus fully, will get reward and have eternal life.
For this sincere faith we have the very example in Korea. Rev. Son Yang Won raised his enemy who killed his two sons as his son. Rev. Son saved him from execution by bagging for him so that Rev. Son leads the evil man. Moreover, Rev. Son even gave up his life for the faith in Jesus Christ.
We need to decide whether we follow Jesus fully or not. There is no middle on following Jesus. Let us give up our own loving possessions when Jesus tells us to give up for others. You are the most blessed people. Thank you.
Let’s Pray.
Dear God, we are so weak and changeable. Please keep our mind and make us follow Jesus. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Musatard Seed Methodist Church Pastor Rev. Seung Joo Lee
238-9 2nd fl.
Sinwol1dong
Yangchungu
Seoul
Tel. 02)2693-0525
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